Posted: 6:24 PM Mushrooms are sprouting up everywhere after recent rainy weather, but doctors at Georgetown University are warning against eating them after treating two men fell dangerously ill from toxic mushrooms in the last two weeks.
Posted: 11:52 AM State officials are considering new measures aimed at stemming the production of methamphetamine, including tracking the purchase of over-the-counter medicine that's used to make the illegal drug.
Posted: 6:12 PM The number of workplace fatalities in Virginia last year fell to the lowest level since the state began reporting such data in 1992.
Posted: 5:25 PM Federal health officials are alerting asthma patients that a type of inhaler sold over the counter will be phased out at year's end because it uses carbon gas that depletes the Earth's atmosphere.
Posted: 1:19 PM Two recent rabies cases have been confirmed in Tazewell County, including a bat that entered a residence and bit a person.
Updated: 5:22 PM Two new surveys find a big drop in the number of young adults without health insurance since last year -- and President Barack Obama's overhaul is getting credit instead of criticism.
Updated: 5:12 PM In this week's What's Going Around, there's a common theme. Make sure you're up to date on your vaccines.
Posted: 3:00 PM Several public health groups are weighing in on a lawsuit over graphic cigarette warning labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker.
Posted: 10:49 AM A bat found dead in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Virginia's Lee County has tested positive for rabies.
Posted: 9:31 PM The University of Virginia Health System says net income in the last fiscal year rose by $62.1 million to $180.4 million.
Updated: 4:12 PM California schools are turning away middle and high school students who have not received the whooping cough vaccine.
Posted: 5:55 PM The Virginia Board of Health has approved abortion clinic regulations that supporters say will protect women's health and opponents say will force many clinics to close.
Posted: 5:41 PM The West is leading a national decline in the rate of new lung cancer cases, with states like California and Texas accounting for much of the improvement -- particularly in women.
Posted: 3:03 PM Michelle Obama says a pledge by the Olive Garden, Red Lobster and four other restaurant chains to serve healthier meals is a "breakthrough moment" for the industry.
Posted: 11:36 AM The federal Food and Drug Administration and a leading doctor are refuting claims by television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in many apple juice products pose a health risk.
Posted: 10:56 AM The Virginia Board of Health is set to vote on abortion clinic regulations that proponents say will protect women's health and opponents say will put many clinics out of business.
Updated: 10:26 AM In this week's What's Going Around another illness is affecting kids, but this is not your typical cold virus.
Posted: 2:09 PM The Obama administration is proposing a ban on the use of electronic cigarettes by airline passengers, saying there is a concern they may be harmful.
Posted: 4:33 PM It was four years ago that Texas Gov. Rick Perry put aside his social conservative bona fides and signed an order requiring Texas girls to be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus.
Posted: 1:18 PM Two cases of meningitis have been confirmed in Caroline County. The Rappahannock Area Health District says one student has viral meningitis and the other has bacterial meningitis.
Posted: 4:54 PM The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a University of Virginia study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds.
Posted: 12:56 PM Cargill Inc. announced a second recall of ground turkey products Sunday after a test showed salmonella in a sample from the same Arkansas plant tied to a recall issued last month.
Posted: 2:52 PM The Department of Veterans Affairs has made it one step easier for veteran's to renew their health benefits.
Updated: 7:16 AM In this week's What's Going Around, a familiar illness is still hitting people in our area. Thanks to kids being back in school, it's spreading faster.
Posted: 2:15 PM There is a new option when it comes to getting flu shots this season.
